VASCO DEL RIO

Payments | Stablecoins | Fintech Writing about how money moves: cross-border, blockchain & the future of financial infrastructure.

[VASCO DEL RIO @VascodelRio]

After years talking to CFOs and CEOs about cross-border payments, one thing is clear:

They don’t care if the rails are SWIFT, stablecoins or blockchain.

They care about 4 things:

Faster. Cheaper. Reliable. Easy.

[VASCO DEL RIO @VascodelRio]

@philjacobson @altitude @AcctualTeam @moonpay @iron @Optimism @arbitrum Lets go! 🦾👏🏼

[VASCO DEL RIO @VascodelRio]

“The customer is always right” is terrible sales advice.

A sale is a two-way agreement. They qualify you. You qualify them.

Not every prospect should become a customer.

Great salespeople don’t just know how to close.

They know when to walk away.

[VASCO DEL RIO @VascodelRio]

Selling fintech to a CFO isn't selling features.

It's selling a number they already hate on their P&L.

Find the number first. Pitch second.

[Altitude @altitude]

Pay to Colombia in pesos, straight from your Altitude balance.

Send COP over Bre-B or bank transfer. Your recipient gets pesos through Colombia’s local rails.

USD out > COP in.

Pay like a local in Colombia: https://t.co/HgibVIAuVk

[VASCO DEL RIO @VascodelRio]

@fuyu_kasumii Yo

[VASCO DEL RIO @VascodelRio]

@dukebiz Exactly. Don’t sell the meeting before you’ve sold the conversation. Lower the commitment first, then earn the 30 minutes

[VASCO DEL RIO @VascodelRio]

The cold email structure that consistently gets me the most replies:

Trigger — why Im reaching out now
Implication — why that trigger matters
Pain — the problem it could create
Social proof + solution — how we’ve solved it for others
Soft CTA — make it easy to reply

[VASCO DEL RIO @VascodelRio]

Over the last 5 years, I’ve worked with thousands of CFOs and CEOs.

Trust me, most of them care a lot more about moving money faster, cheaper and with less friction than whether their provider has a banking license.

[VASCO DEL RIO @VascodelRio]

@Dannygonzo22 Indeed 😂

[VASCO DEL RIO @VascodelRio]

How long before most traditional companies start operating on stablecoin rails?

Not sure.

But I’m convinced it will happen and sooner rather than later.

[VASCO DEL RIO @VascodelRio]

@philjacobson @SimkinStepan @SuperteamCAN @altitude 🚀🧨

[Altitude @altitude]

Euroautumn intensifies.

Send EUR via SEPA directly from your USD balance, with FX built in. Open named EUR accounts, receive SEPA transfers, and hold EURC.

All from Altitude.

Book a demo: https://t.co/lMQJopL1Gw

[Phil Jacobson @philjacobson]

Every day @altitude customers pay contractors and vendors all over the world.

Today, we're making that faster and cheaper by expanding local payment routes to 4 new markets:

🇬🇧 GBP via Faster Payments
🇲🇽 MXN via SPEI
🇧🇷 BRL via Pix
🇨🇴 COP via Bre-B

Highly competitive and fully transparent FX rates.

Another step toward building the definitive global operating account. Higher.

[VASCO DEL RIO @VascodelRio]

@GarrettHarper_ @SimkinStepan @altitude Global reach, local rails. That’s how cross-border payments should work.

[VASCO DEL RIO @VascodelRio]

@jacqro_sol Exactly. Speed gets the headlines. Liquidity efficiency and lower operational costs are where the economics get interesting.

[VASCO DEL RIO @VascodelRio]

Stablecoins are becoming much more than a crypto trading rail.

B2B payments. Treasury. Remittances. Dollar access. Onchain settlement.

But B2B stands out: ~$226B in annualized payment volume.

The real unlock isn’t “crypto adoption.”

It’s programmable money that moves 24/7.

[Altitude @altitude]

Operate globally, pay locally.

You can now pay into the UK, Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia through the same rails locals use every day.

Four new markets for you Altitude account.

[José Antonio 🍺⚽️🇪🇸 @perifollogarcia]

Todos como un equipo, como una familia, saludando y felicitando al capitán, el Halcón @fedeevalverde

#HalaMadridHijosDePuta

[VASCO DEL RIO @VascodelRio]

Viva la libertad! #venezuelalibre